I was about 12 when I’d decided I was going to be a Paleontologist (I’m not, btw, but that’s not the point.)

My mom is a transplanted Midwestern lady living in a small island town in south Texas. There are a lot of great stories I could tell about her (she was briefly Mormon because the only church within walking distance of her family’s farm was a Mormon temple and then she got a scholarship to BYU and, as she likes to tell…

I was trying to think of a best, but I couldn’t, so I’m just going with badass-est.

Thank you for this. I have been distancing myself from my mother lately for various reasons and sometimes I feel like the worst person in the world because of it. My mother loves me and has been a good mother, but cannot accept that she does not come first in my life, firmly believes that I am still a child under her…

Okay so thank you for this: this is the kind of thing that makes jezzie good. My mother is a clinical narcissist (not sure of the exact diagnosis name but basically her psychologist told me and then was just like okay peace out now). My whole life I’ve struggled with understanding why she would continually reject me…

Thank you for posting this. Notice how her eyes shift away from her child? That’s my mother. Always looking to make sure appearances are proper. I walked away at age 16 and haven’t looked back. 25 years later I’m still dealing with all the messed up stuff my mother said/did to me. I still feel like a failure no matter…

No, that doesn’t bother me either. I mean, he’s pale with green hair. Check. Tattoos? I don’t mind that there are tattoos. I mind what and how they are. I mean, you’ve already highlighted stuff like the “J-drop” and how that makes him seem unnecessarily thuggish. But what about the “Damaged”? A little too on the nose.…

ehhh Anthony Misiano did it better:

The “damaged” tattoo is what pushes it into caricature. That is where this became trying too hard.

You’re grumpy Jared. Have a Snicker.

It’s really the reaction that makes the burn. I have a tendency toward sarcasm in my classroom, and usually just the kid it’s aimed at gets it (and stops being an idiot). But every once in a while, the sarcasm is elevated to “burn” mostly by the reaction of the entire surrounding room. Then I feel a little bad.

You guys probably won’t believe this but there was a time this guy was taken kind of halfway seriously as a journalist.

My last name is McMahon and his is Hornyak so we dreamed of McHorny2015.com. It was swiftly rejected by the in-laws. boo hiss. Boring URL it is. Don't you settle!

Ugh. I had one of my brother’s friends hit on me a while back and was completely grossed out and squicked by it. I was 29 at the time, he was 20. I just cannot imagine a 13 year old.... I don’t care how ‘mature’ the elder person claims the kid was. They’re children, not adults.

Goddammit, NBC. I hereby judge you so disapprovingly.

And that's the real fear, not looking good.

I have no doubt this invite was cheaper than therapy. I agree with you in a way, for nice normal little happy families who have their little spat, this would be ugly and loud. For someone who was abused for years, this may have been the best way to express their feelings and well deserved to the people who received…

I'm going to say that the catharsis may be worth it after years of abuse.

Except so much of the abuse endured from a narcissist is that your voice is stomped out. You are silenced repeatedly, because their word is always the most important. It is healing and therapeutic to reclaim your voice, and at first, it can be raw and abrasive. Because of course it is— they haven't had the privilege…